Learning and Teaching with Global Peers in the Flat ClassroomTM Project
Coalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum
November 12, 2010 8:00-9:45AM
Contact: honor (dot) moorman (at) gmail (dot) com The short link for this page is tiny.cc/flatces
Session Description
What are some effective strategies for teaching and learning that prepare students to be 21st-century global leaders and enable them to communicate, collaborate, and co-create with international peers? Students at The International School of the Americas participate in the Flat ClassroomTM Project with peers from different countries around the world. Using Web 2.0 technologies including a wiki, a social bookmarking group, and an educational networking site, they researched technology trends, created multi-media projects, and shared their findings with a worldwide audience. Come hear about this project and walk away with ideas for connecting your students to the world.
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The World is Flat and Your Classroom Can Be Too
Learning and Teaching with Global Peers in the Flat ClassroomTM ProjectCoalition of Essential Schools Fall Forum
November 12, 2010 8:00-9:45AMContact: honor (dot) moorman (at) gmail (dot) com
The short link for this page is tiny.cc/flatces
Session Description
What are some effective strategies for teaching and learning that prepare students to be 21st-century global leaders and enable them to communicate, collaborate, and co-create with international peers? Students at The International School of the Americas participate in the Flat ClassroomTM Project with peers from different countries around the world. Using Web 2.0 technologies including a wiki, a social bookmarking group, and an educational networking site, they researched technology trends, created multi-media projects, and shared their findings with a worldwide audience. Come hear about this project and walk away with ideas for connecting your students to the world.Session Agenda
Introductions
The International School of the AmericasOverview of 21st Century Global Leadership
Course DescriptionPreview of the Flat ClassroomTM Project
Flat Classroom Project websiteRoundtables
Round One
The World is Flat and A Whole New Mind (Honor)
The World is Flat by Thomas FriedmanThe World is Flat 3.0 (MIT video)
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
The 3 C’s: Connect, Communicate, Collaborate (Talia)
Educational Networking (Mia)
Ning.com
Ning Mini for Educators (sponsored by Pearson)
Flat Classroom Project Ning
NetGenEd (Grown Up Digital) Ning
Grouply.com
Grouply for Education (FREE)
Hargadon - Educational Social Networking
Social Bookmarking (Connor)
Diigo.com
Diigo Educator Accounts
Delicious.com
Multi-Media Mash-Ups (Helena)
How the video outsourcing works
All NetGenEd Project videos (organized by topic, links at bottom of page)
NetGenEd Project videos by ISA students
Flat Classroom Project videos - coming soon!
Here are the 8 Award-Winning NetGenEd videos by ISA students . . .
Round Two
The Horizon Report and Grown Up Digital (Honor)
About the Horizon Report from the New Media Consortium
2010 Horizon Report
2009 Horizon Report
Horizon Report Wiki
Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott
Emerging Technology Trends (Talia)
Information Literacy and Research Skills (Helena)
Honor's Getting Good with Google (workshop for teachers)
Google Web Search - Lessons and Resources
Google for Educators
Google Alerts
Boolify
Boolean Machine
Collaborative Writing on Wikis (Connor)
Educational Wikis
Student Summits (Mia)
Elluminate
Learn Central
Archive of NetGenEd Student Summits
Flat Classroom Student Summit - coming soon!
Round Three
To sign up to participate in a Flat ClassroomTM Project, visit the Flat Classroom Project websiteFor other ways to create global connections between classrooms, see Honor's List of Global Collaboration Projects
Reflection
3 New things you learned2 Ideas you found interesting
1 Action you plan to take
Additional Resources
One of our participants introduced us to the Global Oneness ProjectRalph Singh also shared his Stories to Light Our Way curriculum with us
Thanks so much to everyone for attending!
Let us know if we can help you take your next steps towards creating a more globally connected classroom.